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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Here are extracts from Racing Victoria's MBL. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>**********************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>An approved WSP must not do any act or refuse to do any act to avoid complying with the bet limits, including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Refusing to accept a fixed odds bet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Closing a person’s account<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Refusing to open a person’s account<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Placing any restrictions on a person’s account in relation to Victorian thoroughbred racing product<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Refusing to lay fixed odds to any person when those fixed odds are publicly displayed*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Laying lesser odds to a person than those publicly displayed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> Any other act or refusal to do an act in order to avoid these provisions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>* Publicly display odds, means to display odds to the public generally including, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>(a) on a semaphore board, or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>(b) at an electronic betting terminal, or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>(c) on a website without requiring a person to identify himself or herself (for example, by requiring a person to log in or to provide personal information<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>********************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Is there any doubt that this is illegal?</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>I open BetEasy's web site, Bendigo 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><img width=643 height=397 style='width:6.6979in;height:4.1354in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D4E94B.7A787280"></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>I log in and click on a horse to bet and the "odds have changed"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><img width=1049 height=447 style='width:10.927in;height:4.6562in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D4E94C.880C97E0"></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Refresh and, lo and behold, all changed:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><img width=652 height=399 style='width:6.7916in;height:4.1562in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D4E94E.76829FE0"></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Open the site with another browser without logging in & the prices publicly displayed have not changed, of course:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><img width=647 height=165 style='width:6.7395in;height:1.7187in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D4E94C.2EF8CA70"></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Similarly there is no doubt the relevant bodies won't enforce the law - BetEasy should be deregistered, their licence revoked. $52 million in the Lottery tomorrow (Scott used to buy lottery tickets, saying where else can one win $1m for $1) & I'll pay someone to take them to a proper adjudication body, viz court, and see who wins that one!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> L.B.Loveday <lloveday@ozemail.com.au> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 19 March 2019 11:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'AusRace Racing Discussion List' <racing@ausrace.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [AusRace] BetEasy defies MBL legislation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It has been suggested they are doing it to all SA residents because of the more-immoral-than-the-others higher POC tax.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>WilliamHill (RIH) used to do the same to me (and plenty of others), displaying reduced odds across the board - one set when I accessed the site, all changed when I logged on, but at least at MBL time offered the correct odds. Complaints to racing NSW of course went unheeded - I accept they can knock back bets pre-MBL time, but the legislation prohibits offering different odds to different punters. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>William Hill used to run WA's fixed odds, don't know who is now, but from the prices, it's not Crown.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Racing <<a href="mailto:racing-bounces@ausrace.com">racing-bounces@ausrace.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>sean mclaren<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 19 March 2019 10:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> AusRace Racing Discussion List <<a href="mailto:racing@ausrace.com">racing@ausrace.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusRace] BetEasy defies MBL legislation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Len<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was on WA Tab touch site a while back. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Same thing. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fixed price 5.50 I was rushed and went click click click and didn't really think that the price could change. Lock and load. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I rechecked because I saw something wasnt right. Sure enough I got <span class=money>$2.54</span>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It won. It wasn't a large wager. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers Sean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:44 L.B.Loveday, <<a href="mailto:lloveday@ozemail.com.au">lloveday@ozemail.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Look at what BetEasy are doing - even when I'm logged in it shows the true odds, but when I bet, am offered a lower price "Price has changed". Same happens on DynamicOdds.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Racing Revolution went out to 5.50, but when I clicked to bet, came down to 5.00 for me.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img border=0 width=763 height=344 style='width:7.9479in;height:3.5833in' id="m_4682104960043599703_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4DE2F.D6CDD5B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img border=0 width=763 height=228 style='width:7.9479in;height:2.375in' id="m_4682104960043599703_x005f_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D4DE2F.D6CDD5B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Racing mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Racing@ausrace.com" target="_blank">Racing@ausrace.com</a><br><a href="http://ausrace.com/mailman/listinfo/racing_ausrace.com" target="_blank">http://ausrace.com/mailman/listinfo/racing_ausrace.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>